Country Scene with Milkmaid and Children Playing with Armour: March and April, ca. 1620 – 1630

Title

Country Scene with Milkmaid and Children Playing with Armour: March and April

Painter

• Dutch Master around 1620

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on wood (poplar), circular, trimmed and thinned

Material

• poplar wood

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Unbezeichnet

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1959 as a gift from the heirs of Walter Kratz

Genre

• genre
• landscape

Main Motif

• mountain range
• woman
• child
• animal

Primary

• 25H landscapes
• 25H114 low hill country
• 25H11 mountains
• 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife
• 47I223 milking
• 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth)

Secondary

• 41C6413 milk
• 41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin
• 47I2112 cow
• 46C13141 horse
• 47I213 sheep
• 34B232 fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.)
• 25G3 trees
• 26A clouds